BU Unveils the Most Environmentally Friendly Tower in Boston
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While Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences garners plenty of attention as it zigzags above the Charles River, the most important feature of the 19-story building is beneath it. The building is heated and cooled by 31 geothermal wells dug roughly 1,500 feet below ground. Additionally, all its electricity is secured through a long-term campus procurement with a wind farm in South Dakota. The tower serves as the largest net-zero carbon building in Boston. It is the biggest geothermal building Boston University is aware of in a dense urban environment anywhere in the United States.
Excerpted from "BU finishes its ‘Jenga Building,’ the most environmentally friendly tower in the city," 12/6/2022) by Jon Chesto.
"The completion of the structure, built by Suffolk Construction and designed by KPMB Architects, represents an important milestone for state and city efforts to push building systems toward the point in which they do not result in an increase in carbon emissions.”